Carcharodon subserratus Agassiz 1843 (white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combination: Lamna obliqua subserrata

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Carcharodon according to B. W. Kent 2018

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Cassier 1966 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon auriculatus, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharodon subserratus in the database

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